IT gains on hopes low inflation in US can spur revival in tech spends

The US consumer price index remained unchanged month on month and rose 3.2% on year in October, both lower than what economists had forecast, sparking a stock market rally after the numbers were published on Tuesday on hopes that the Federal Reserve may stop raising interest rates.

Low-cost funds seen to slow transmission of rate changes

The authors pointed out that while the increase in term deposit rates in the latest tightening cycle has outstripped that in lending rates, savings deposit rates of banks – which represent a third of total deposits – stayed almost unchanged.